New Start-up Takes 1,500th Quickmaster DI Press
03/21/2001
The 1,500th Heidelberg Quickmaster Direct Imaging press has been
sold to Parallel Print Services on the island of Guernsey, a new
digital start up company focussing on print-on-demand and digital
asset management.
Managing Director Neil Le Vallee and Production Manager Ian Bushby started the company last November. Mr Le Vallee says: "Our initial focus is to provide print-on-demand which is why we have chosen the QM DI 46-4. It is the ideal solution for flexible production of short run colour work with the ability to make last minute changes."
Parallel is targeting customers with low to medium volume print runs which require a quick and accurate turnaround of work. By working with Heidelberg the company has found the ideal press which combines modern, efficient and flexible technology with quick makeready and a high quality printed result.
With efficiency a key requirement of print-on-demand, Heidelberg's development of computer-to-press technology allows direct imaging of the plates on the press. From receipt of the file from the RIP it can image four plates simultaneously and be printing in a matter of minutes. This significantly speeds job turnaround by eliminating a number of production steps and it also keeps the consumption of materials down.
Parallel has also bought a conventional sheet-fed Printmaster QM 46-2 two-colour press to handle traditional printing of low to medium runs. Both the DI and the two-colour press are compact and clean and only need one person to operate, useful for a start-up company that wants to keep its overheads down.
Parallel is targeting customers in the retail and finance sectors throughout Guernsey and the UK. Mr Le Vallee says: "We are a forward looking company and are taking our ideas direct to the customer, rather than waiting for them to come to us. Through this approach we expect to become the biggest print-on-demand company in the UK and Channel Islands within five years."
Heidelberg's UK Marketing Manager, Sascha Fischer, says: "Since our introduction of DI technology over ten years ago we have had great success with numerous installations operating all over the world. Our current focus of development in DI technology is towards optimising the process chain to address the growing trend towards short colour runs. We are pleased to see a company such as Parallel making good use of this technology and looking for new ways to market. Nothing else can match the efficiency, print quality and flexibility of Direct Imaging for serving this particular market."
Image:
Neil Le Vallee (left), Managing Director and Ian Bushby, Production Manager, Parallel Print Services, are proud to produce on the 1,500th Quickmaster DI 46-4.
For further information:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Corporate Communications
Hilde Weisser
Tel.: +49 (0)6221 92 50 66
Fax: +49 (0)6221 92 50 46
E-mail: hilde.weisser@heidelberg.com
Managing Director Neil Le Vallee and Production Manager Ian Bushby started the company last November. Mr Le Vallee says: "Our initial focus is to provide print-on-demand which is why we have chosen the QM DI 46-4. It is the ideal solution for flexible production of short run colour work with the ability to make last minute changes."
Parallel is targeting customers with low to medium volume print runs which require a quick and accurate turnaround of work. By working with Heidelberg the company has found the ideal press which combines modern, efficient and flexible technology with quick makeready and a high quality printed result.
With efficiency a key requirement of print-on-demand, Heidelberg's development of computer-to-press technology allows direct imaging of the plates on the press. From receipt of the file from the RIP it can image four plates simultaneously and be printing in a matter of minutes. This significantly speeds job turnaround by eliminating a number of production steps and it also keeps the consumption of materials down.
Parallel has also bought a conventional sheet-fed Printmaster QM 46-2 two-colour press to handle traditional printing of low to medium runs. Both the DI and the two-colour press are compact and clean and only need one person to operate, useful for a start-up company that wants to keep its overheads down.
Parallel is targeting customers in the retail and finance sectors throughout Guernsey and the UK. Mr Le Vallee says: "We are a forward looking company and are taking our ideas direct to the customer, rather than waiting for them to come to us. Through this approach we expect to become the biggest print-on-demand company in the UK and Channel Islands within five years."
Heidelberg's UK Marketing Manager, Sascha Fischer, says: "Since our introduction of DI technology over ten years ago we have had great success with numerous installations operating all over the world. Our current focus of development in DI technology is towards optimising the process chain to address the growing trend towards short colour runs. We are pleased to see a company such as Parallel making good use of this technology and looking for new ways to market. Nothing else can match the efficiency, print quality and flexibility of Direct Imaging for serving this particular market."
Image:
Neil Le Vallee (left), Managing Director and Ian Bushby, Production Manager, Parallel Print Services, are proud to produce on the 1,500th Quickmaster DI 46-4.
For further information:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Corporate Communications
Hilde Weisser
Tel.: +49 (0)6221 92 50 66
Fax: +49 (0)6221 92 50 46
E-mail: hilde.weisser@heidelberg.com
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